WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication on Dec. 23, 2024, from the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut: * * * To: Noller Herbert Deputy Chief of Science and Technology Natural Resources Conservation Service 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 * Michael Strobel Acting National Climate Coordinator Natural Resources Conservation Service 1400 Independence Ave more ST

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 21 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following statement: * * * "Since the day I became Attorney General, my office has worked tirelessly to hold predators accountable. We have had 1,271 defendants convicted with 800 defendants pending trial and many more cases referred to the federal government. All in all, there have been 2,430 arrests made against child predators since I became Attorney General. Many of these individuals are now listed  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: In 1967, W. Jason Morgan proposed that Earth's surface consists of rigid plates that move relative to each other, floating on the mantle, which is the layer below the crust. It was a radical idea at the time that later became known as the theory of plate tectonics. His theory was later bolstered by GPS, which can precisely measure plate movements. Plate tectonics helps explain how mountains, earthquakes, volcanoes more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following opening statement at a Dec. 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Consumer Protection: Protecting Workers' Money and Fighting for the Dignity of Work": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for your service on this committee since 2007 and the last several years as the Chairman of the committee. I'll say the cancelation of today's markup really is more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Louis DeJoy, postmaster general and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service, from a Dec. 5, 2024, hearing entitled "Oversight of the United States Postal Service: Understanding Proposed Service Changes": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Growth and cost reduction are at the heart of the DFA plan. Simply put, the DFA plan is not about contraction or only cost reduction. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In November 2024, South Dakota had the lowest unemployment rate, 1.9 percent. Eight other states (North Dakota, Vermont, New Hampshire, Nebraska, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Virginia) also had unemployment rates that were 3.0 percent or lower. Nevada had the highest unemployment rate, 5.7 percent, followed by the District of Columbia, 5.6  more PR